Each component of a computer has a main selection criterion - speed, memory, etc. What is the main criterion for the motherboard?

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Iron

Hello. From the point of view of the average consumer, the lines of processors and video cards are built on the basis of performance, the lines of drives are mostly based on the amount of memory. It's simple: the more expensive, the more powerful / bulkier they are. This directly affects the operation of the system. What do I get for buying a more expensive motherboard other than more ports/slots and maybe more overclocking options? If I have a processor connected to it, one video card, SSD, HDD, keyboard, mouse, speakers, flash drive, and that's it. Is there such a thing as motherboard performance? Can it become a bottleneck in the system? Does it make sense sometimes to overpay for the motherboard?

Answer 1

First of all, you need to clearly understand what you are doing at the computer and how much its power is in demand for you. If you are a design engineer, 3D modeler, video editor, developer or anyone who needs even a small performance boost - feel free to learn in your free time how to improve your config, remove bottlenecks in it. Otherwise, don't sweat it.
Now to business. Even the simplest chipset has everything you need to run the budget hardware segment. The main rule is not to combine very cheap with expensive. This rule works both ways. If we take a good percentage and a weak mother, then the power supply to the processor will be poorly implemented in it, stabilization will be worse, they will simply save on conduits, high-quality semiconductors, they will make 2 power lines instead of four. As a result, some i5 on a budget chipset will be strangled, it will probably fall into throttling and will not show itself properly. The picture is exactly the opposite if we put a budget percentage in a top-end motherboard, for example, we plug Celeron on Ivy Bridge into a motherboard with a 77 chipset. The processor will feel right, but we will throw out a lot of money on a motherboard that we do not need.
In the same way, it is worth looking closely at the RAM, since this is the third interconnected component in the system.
Conclusion: percent, mother, memory should be approximately the same level. If this is a budget pentium, then 61 chipsets will be enough for it (for example, socket 1155). If i3 - then you can also take budget (but recommended models) and not worry, but you can take a little more expensive. The i5 already needs a more stable power supply, for example, a characteristic 8 pin to power the processor, good cooling of the mosfets on the motherboard, etc. Well, models with the letter K require a very well-designed motherboard and high-frequency memory in general.
Sorry for so many letters.

Answer 2

It makes sense to choose from the average price ranges.
The younger representatives neither differ in performance, nor in ease of installation, nor in the number of slots, and most often have slow and cheap chipsets on board. Also, they usually lack ports for connecting front audio and USB3 panels.
And the top ones, on the contrary, are most often replete with unnecessary things, such as backlighting or overclocking capabilities, which the average user is unlikely to use.

Answer 3

The main difference (except for the quality of production) is the chipset
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BF%D...
The latest chipsets have more chips, very different ones, it makes sense to list them no.
For example, a description of the latest chipset from Intel
www.intel.ru/content/www/ru/ru/chipsets/performanc...
different motherboards from different companies can be made on its basis, if you do not need such options, you can take a motherboard with such the same socket, but on an older chipset

Answer 4

What is the main criterion for the motherboard?

Manufacturer.